Automobile toy body and method of making the same.



U. KAWASAKI.

AUTOMOBILE TOY BODY ANO METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

FILED SEPT 91 u- KAwAsA/f/ UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE..

UTAKICHI KAWASAKI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE REX TOY MANUFACTURING CO., A CORPORATION 0F CALIFORNIA.

AUTOMOBILE TOY BODY AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. Il, 1917.

Application filed September 27, 1916. Serial No. 122,376.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, UTAKICHI KAWASAKI, a subject of the Emperor of Japan, residing lat San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Automobile Toy Bodies and Methods of Making the Same, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide an improved toy in the form of an automobile body and also a method of making the same.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l is a perspective view of a block from which the toy body is made; Fig. 2 is a similar view of said block after a portion thereof has been cut out; Fig. 3 is a similar View of said portion cut out; Fig. 4 is a similar view of said portion shaped; Fig. 5 is a' similar v-iew of the body with the shaped portion inserted; Fig. 6 is a similar view of the automobile toy complete.

Referring to the drawing, I indicates a block, preferably of wood, having approximately parallel longitudinal sides 2 and ends 3, rounded upper edges 4 and a flat bottom. By means of a. band saw extending through said block always in a direction at right angles to its bottom surface and caused to enter the block through its rear end at one side of the middle of the end and emerging from the block through said end at the other side of the middle thereof a portion 5 is cut out therefrom which is prismoidal in form in that it has a periphery composed of parallel sides, although the bases need not be parallel or equal.

`Said portion 5 is now moved against a band saw, so that, by means of the band saw, maintained always perpendicular to its sides, there is removed from the upper side of said portion an upper part leaving the upper side of said portion a curved developable surface 6 composed of lines parallel with each other and at right angles to the sides of said portion, said surface representing the backs 7, seats 8,. and floorsv 9 of the seating portion of an automobile.

Said portion 5 is then replaced in the block l and secured therein either by gluing or by nails driven through the sides of the block near its rear end into the sides of the portion 5.

Front and rear wheels 10,11 and a steering wheel 12 are now added to complete the toy.

I claim 1. A toy automobile body comprising a block forming the outer body and having a cavity provided with vertical Side and end walls, and a block fitted into the cavity engaging the side and end walls and having its upper part cut away to form the back, seat, and foot board of the automobile.

2. rIhe process of forming a toy Vautomobile body, which consists in cutting out from a block, shaped to represent the body, a portion thereof, removing the portion thus cut out, then cutting from a side of the portion a part divided from said portion along surfaces at right angles to its sides to form the seating portion of the body, and then replacing the said seating portion.

UTAKICI-II KAWASAKI.

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